Fantasy Congress - similar to a fantasy sports league, you set up the league and then your students draft congressional leaders and track their points based on how their team members vote. Pretty cool! http://www.fantasycongress.com/
Power Point Palooza - over 200 Social Studies PowerPoints! These presentations range in size from a dozen or so slides each to over 145 slides. http://www.pptpalooza.net
Blog: Create a blog to use for debates in the classroom---its easy and free and you can review your students entries before they post! http://www.21classes.com
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Links
Share your best online resources for integrating technology into your classroomWikispaces
A collaborative wiki for PA Social Studies teachers who are involved with CFF:http://cffsocialstudies.wikispaces.com
Websites
What is a caucus? - Great site from Congressional Quarterly. Includes a video, slideshow, and interactive game.http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=69
Fantasy Congress - similar to a fantasy sports league, you set up the league and then your students draft congressional leaders and track their points based on how their team members vote. Pretty cool!
http://www.fantasycongress.com/
Timeline creators - lots of options here! Some sites require that you create an account, but it's free to register.
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=7
http://www.circavie.com
http://xtimeline.com/
http://www.viygo.com
Power Point Palooza - over 200 Social Studies PowerPoints! These presentations range in size from a dozen or so slides each to over 145 slides.
http://www.pptpalooza.net
Blog: Create a blog to use for debates in the classroom---its easy and free and you can review your students entries before they post!
http://www.21classes.com
Lesson Plans
Share your best lesson plans and strategies for integrating technology into your classroom